The Monaco street race of Trois-Rivières took place last weekend. Like the famous Formula One Monaco circuit, the Trois-Rivières karting track is bordered by water and drivers must drive through a tunnel. Within a few seconds, drivers pass from sunlight to darkness and then, to sunlight again.

Team SRA Karting attended the event to support Arrow drivers. They had good results with one win, Vincent Cyr’s win in Honda Senior, and Christophe Boisclair’s second place in the Pro Shifter class.

Honda Senior

No less than seven drivers from the KDM / Arrow racing team registered in this class amongst thirty-eight entries. The battle was close, because many drivers in this class where aiming for first place but no one shone more than the other. In the final race, Vincent Cyr, starting 6th, climbed position after position and took first place on lap 11th to win the race. Four of his teammates also finished in the top 10: Amélie Lafontaine (5th), Marc-Olivier Rouleau (8th), Michel Turcotte (9th) and Shawn Dos Santos (10th). Rémy Leblanc could have finished in the top 10 finishers because he had started the race in the 7th spot on the grid but contact ended his race, as well as Daniel Desrosiers.
Pro Shifter

Jean-François Lafontaine and Christophe Boisclair were registered in this class. The two SRA/Arrow/TM drivers showed their speed all weekend long. "We are not used to run in shifter karts and we were here to have fun. The results were excellent if we look at the experienced shifter drivers competing against us" said Boisclair. In the first qualifying session, Boisclair was 2nd and Lafontaine 4th. In the second qualifying, Lafontaine was 3rd and Boisclair 5th. In the pre-final race, Lafontaine was on fire. After he lost a spot on the start, he was flying on the track and finished second, behind the winner Gary Carlton, after setting the fastest lap during the race. Boislair had to give up on lap 4 after contact with the security barriers.

In the final race, Lafontaine started on the first row while Boisclair started 17th. On lap 4, Lafontaine’s engine seized. During this time, Boisclair was gaining places and at the end of lap 3, he was already 5th! After many laps in the same position, he got a few other spots and after a long fight with Frank Launi, Boisclair crossed the finish line second.

Rotax Masters, Rotax DD2 et Rotax Mini-Max:

In the Rotax Masters class, Sébastien Lafond finished 6th. In the Rotax DD2 class, Arrow drivers Corey Walsh and William Lalonde finished repectively 10th and 13th. In Rotax Mini-Max, Richard Rozmarynovicz finished 9th after starting 17th.

The next race for Team SRA Karting will be the 4th round of the Coupe de Montréal, on August 7th at Mont-Tremblant.

Auteur: Patrick Moreau